The Spurs played the best teams in the league (the West) all year long and still put up far better numbers than the Cavs did on defense.
A sweep would not surprise me.
Consider the Utah team we just played against was better at every position except the SF. We annihilated them, and that was with Williams going off every night.
he'll get horry one way or another!
That movie could have been so much better
Considering that whenever the first movie was released nobody expected it to do a damn thing I'd say it was much better than expected.
Of course, the tale of the two sequels is another issue entirely.
i thought the sequels were great, the second one went a little long, but come on! calypso turning into crabs was nice, if sexually suggestive.
I was generally happy with the sequels. I just thought the writer tried to shove far too much into the movies as was apparent by the serious lapses in storytelling at various points. Too many loose ends and unfinished subplots.
But all and all, well worth my money to see.
Statistics can be used to prove any point you want...
80% of people know that.
The Cavs play good team defense. They have excellent interior size plus a very active, athletic jumping jack in LeBron who covers a lot of ground very quickly. They rebound better than most teams and get lots of 2nd chance points to help out their inept team offense.
If the Cavs can shoot a decent percentage, it will be a tough series. If not, the Spurs should be able to get out and run and win in big-time fashion. The Cavs just have a way of throwing a wrench into normally easy scoring positions. Since the Cavs play a similar defensive scheme to the Spurs, they see the Spurs defense in practice. My heart says one thing but my eyes, my reason and basketball sense say another. The series could turn ugly.
They rebound well but their size does not block shots and they have ZERO lockdown defenders like the Spurs do. Lebron is not a great defender especially one on one. I laughed at people giving him so much credit for Prince missing a million shots he usually makes in the East finals. Prince played like Lebron's D was not the main reason why. They rebound a bit better than the Spurs but no way their D is what the Spurs is or anything close no way.
I hope your theory is accurate. I just know that in watching the Cavs this year in the playoffs, they have defended the ball very well and the recovery on rotations was very quick and strong. I hope your theory plays out.
My main thing is how they can they shut down the big 3. It is almost a given that Tim and either Tony or Manu will be playing well in all the games. If all 3 are playing well they have no shot. I don't see their D keeping Tony out of the paint while stopping Manu from getting in the lane and hitting 3's, while stopping Tim from killing their big's one on one with no lockdown defenders on their team. The Pistons of 05 were a beast on D in every way. We got past them in a great series. These guys are not even close to them.
Overall, I agree with Solid D's description, but do think that the media is now overhyping their defense because they stunted the seriously flawed offense of Detroit, so I also agree with dbreiden. Their team defense is solid. They make good rotations for the most part. Their bigs are active, but not serious shotblockers, so shots around the rim may or may not be seriously altered.
They are, however, most definately the better rebounding team of the two teams. They'll kill San Antonio on the offensive glass if the Spurs double or go zone. Man-to-man on an isolation team plays into their inept offenses hands a bit.
I do think San Antonio is the better overall defense.
A big thing as well is Tony is the fastest PG in the league and Hughes is playing on one foot. He will not be able to stay with Tony for right out of the box.
Cleveland's D looked great against stagnant offense, but I've yet to see them tested against crisp ball reversals and bigs who are mobile and can pass to anywhere on the court. The Pistons were far too stagnant on offense and let the Cavs set in. The Spurs will have stretches where they do that too, but if they play their offensive sets and move the ball around the shots will be there. At that point it just comes down to knocking down open looks.
Do u know why pistons looked slow??? CAVS DEFENCE DUMBASS!!!!
o and they also held spurs into the 80's.
The Cavs defense is very good. They were 3rd overall in opponent's EFG% during the season(right behind the Spurs who were 2nd). Their offense outside of Lebron is abysmal though. With that said Spurs in 5.
Don't flatter yourself with your defense. Especially when you can't even spell the word.
My head is telling me the Spurs should win this with ease while my heart is looking for a reason to worry.
STOP TALKING OUT YOUR ASS!!!!
cavs deserve to be here just as much as the spurs do. we are 19-11 against the west 2-0 against your spurs, give htem so damn credit.
Because the Spurs might not show up. Because someone might step up. Because Lebron can win one or two games on his own. Because someone might get hurt. Because they might hit a lot of lucky shots. The Cavs have as realistic chance of winning as anyone ever has. But the Spurs have as realistic chance of dominating this series as anyone ever has.
That's the beauty of sports.
Meh, take your Aritha Franklin shtick someplace else. The Spurs invented the "give us some respect" angle. , it's their 4th Finals appearance and they are a side note to LBJ.
This season, the Cavs were 1-5 against the Spurs' playoff opponents in the first three rounds. The Spurs were 6-0 against the Cavs'...
Maybe if Pop plays Udrih and Bonner heavy minutes tonight the Cavs will win.
Also, since the regular season means so much, the Cavs' vaunted defense was torched by the Suns twice. The Spurs aren't exactly that much of a step down from the Suns offensively and the Spurs were able to beat them in the regular season as well as in the postseason.
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